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The Sword of Ambition Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt
Uniform Title
Tajrīd sayf al-himmah li-istikhrāj mā fī dhimmat al-dhimmah. English
Title
The Sword of Ambition Bureaucratic Rivalry in Medieval Egypt / by 'Uthman ibn Ibrahim al-Nabulusi ; translated by Luke Yarbrough ; foreword by Sherman 'Abd al-Hakim Jackson.
ISBN
9781479839766
1479839760
9781479801022
147980102X
9781479824786
Publication
New York, NY : New York University Press, [2019]
Manufacture
Baltimore, Md. : Project MUSE, 2021
Copyright Notice Date
©[2019]
Physical Description
1 online resource
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Notes
Translated from Arabic.
Description based on print version record.
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Books / Online
Language
English
Added to Catalog
January 14, 2021
Contents
Introduction
1. The reprehensibility of employing Dhimmis for the Muslims' jobs, in Fifteen Sections
2. A Description of the Copts and Their Perfidies, in Fifteen Sections
3. A Description of Secretaries and Their Art, in Three Sections
4. An Account of the Ignorant Men Who Have Unworthily Donned the Garments of the Secretaries, in Three Sections
A Section with Which I End This Book, Explaining My Reason for Composing It.
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